Can We Save this Square Body Chevy From a Shed Full of Junk? 

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Eyelids for the headlights, bug guard, cow catcher, bumperettes, lighted eyebrow cap, hand rails on the bed, bed cap, tow mirrors, blind spot mirrors, CB radio, trailer brake, hood ornament, rear wheel caps, corner guides for the front, it's like a JC Whitney catalog came to life.

Those square body trucks are the perfect example of every random, tasteless accessory from the 90's era JC Whitney catalog...and I love it!

Holy hell, someone literally bolted every accessory they could find onto this truck.. I love it and hate it at the same time... Don't apologize for being squirrel brained, I wouldn't have been able to get ANYTHING done in this place!

As someone who remembers (and actually ordered from the JC Whitney catalog back in the 70s and 80s) I admire this truck owner's perseverance. It was a PAIN to order that crap - you had to fill out a tiny little order form with a bunch of numbers and mail it in or call someone on the phone and painstakingly read and go over a bunch of item numbers. That truck alone was 2 hours of ordering, and that was AFTER deciding what to order. And don't get me started on returns/mistakes, which were virtually guaranteed to happen.

That barn is a dream!!!!!!

That farms an absolute time capsule, you're lucky to have access!

I think you need an entire episode devoted to treasure hunting! Those barns are probably full of awesome stuff

FYI: Those posts are called Bumper Guides. They are used to indicate the "edges/corners" of your truck for better visibility in low light environments. You also put them on plows to better judge distances and avoid hidden obstacles.

"Put the J.C. Whitney catalog down, and slowly back away" is the first thing that popped into my head. That truck has EVERY little tchotchke item from every 80's truck accessory catalog I've ever seen! LOL! Love the content and love these cleaner (for Iowa anyway) square bodies! I hope to find a few more on FB marketplace soon!

I know you said you stressed keeping a linear format, but I feel the distractions make for entertaining content. I really enjoy the discovery of artifacts and how you guys react. It's more than just reviving old cars, it's an adventure. Keep doing what you're doing, because it's fun to watch. You've certainly got my sub.

Just to put this out here: this truck has a CB radio, a factory AM radio and an add-on FM adapter (under the ashtray) for said AM radio. So three receivers in total. Somebody liked their airwaves.

I don't blame you for getting sidetracked at all! I could explore that farm for hours.

I just love the genuine joy of every discovery. This is what is missing from 'reality shows' on TV. Produced, scripted, pre-arranged 'barn finds' are so soulless. This is real stuff. It's like cleaning your room, and getting distracted playing with everything you find. I hope we get commentery episodes while they clean every square inch of this place. I hope they film the inside of every glove box and camper shell. I wanna see everything. This is good sh*t!

slowly becoming one of my favorite vehicle revival channels I love that you're in iowa it's tough finding decent vehicles in the midwest let alone make them come to life

Don’t change anything on the truck. It’s a genuine time capsule! The look is incredible!

Shop: How many bumperettes do you want? Previous Owner: Yes

Up here in Canada, we'd refer to all those over accessorized vehicles as being very frenched up.

I am pretty sure Derek would be in heaven in that barn.

Those wheel skirts are really something. Such a cool find, I'd love to dig around in an old warehouse full of treasures like that!

As a proud owner of a rust free 1993 lumina z34, 3:24 made me so happy! If you see this Kevin or Mook please revive it!!!

What are the odds of finding a barn-find vehicle that's been sitting for however long and it fired on the first try??? Those odds have got to be pretty low

KEVIN.....DUDE! you gotta do the Z34 Lumina! For what they are and for the time they came from those are the shit. They only made them a few years and now days they are few and far between. All the little things that went into a 1st gen W body are very interesting. It would be a challenge because those 3.4 DOHC engines aren't the easiest to work on, but it would be soooo worth it.

That barn is the dream. A person could spend days in there and still find something new. Heck of a find, and im glad you guys have access to for content and maybe allow some of those rigs to have a new lease on life

Those were some awesome custom semi trucks! Nice square body too. Fired right up to boot!

That shed was amazing - glad you spent a little time rifling through and showing us what was in there. Today's car was a hoot! Yes, you can over accesorize a car... Great video! 👍

"I want all the options" " Ok. So a/c, power windows? " "No no, I want *all* the options"

oh god, I want a see a revival of everything in this farm

Honestly, I love how you're just digging through all of this and find cool stuff! I don't mind this one being a little all over the place!

Dude that beeping and running to put change in the machine have me so many good memories with me and my dad washing his old cars.

Lovely truck. No idea what that is worth where you are, but here in the UK would be worth a LOT of money ! Great video as always

Without being too nosey Kevin, I'd be interested to know a wee bit more about what all is now yours. Does all the random stuff come with the trucks? Have you bought everything? The main reason I'm asking: I think there's quite possibly as much value in the "stuff", as the vehicles. It looks like you could fill a decent-sized truck with just the tool and fluids. A skip might be handy too, even just for all the boxes/cardboard/shit. I wonder what the story was with the former owner. He seems to have been into buying, selling, maybe both. Was he maybe a trader of some kind? There seems to be so much stuff, still in boxes. Once you get the vehicles taken care of and salvage all the good automotive stuff, there could enough stuff there for a yard sale/car boot sale. Either that, or someone could spend a couple of days listing stuff on eBay. Dust it off and you might be very surprised at how much it brings in. Just a thought but Mook's animal rescue charity coul do pretty well out of it. Looking forward to the next one and completely agree about the AD/HD t-shirts - you both need one.👍😁 Cheers for now, Dougie.

That is the freaking goldmine of all goldmines! I wanna bet each and every car and other motorized vehicle in there ran when parked and was cared for, and you'll find that whichever car you choose for a project will be as quick and easy as that sweet Chevy truck right here, because it's clear that whoever owned all of that really loved it all too. Heh, and don't worry about being all over the place, I know I for one would be lost for a year just looking through all the stuff in that barn alone! 😊

I had a 77 El Camino a few years back. One cold day I walked out to check the oil and when I shut the hood, I bent it. One of the saddest days in my life. A little wd40 and it closed easy. Thanks for a great video. This truck was the inspiration for Pimp My Ride.

As a truck and car lover from way back, I find your channel very interesting and fascinating to watch. I wish we had places like that up here (northeast). I hope you keep on with this project and so we can see all the stuff in the barns.

This truck reminds me of a pimpmobile from the 70’s. it must weigh 200 pounds more with all the accessories hung off it. Still a great video guys. Thanks.

Someday I'll find a time capsule like this. Those antics (so-called distractions) though are HILARIOUS!

Y'all dont feel bad about the chaos episode every now and then, after the fiasco you've had for the past year, you deserve the crazy fun that i can see this barn giving! Enjoy it, treasures like these are too rare!

KEVIN! Hell yeah it starts right up! Probably got Cadillac suspension to go with those awesome Cadillac wheel covers! :D Thanx for a great vid!

You should bring Mook more often with you, she's just so random and always good for a laugh 😁

0:05 that's Suburban behind you is a good Revival for the future

Interesting collection! I like all the add on’s to every truck. I want that Z34 lumina or that Pontiac Bonneville between the trucks. I like strange cars, lol.

This is amazing. You two are so lucky that you get to do this for a living. Wish I could find an abandoned barn with cars in it and fix em' up. Looking forward to more videos of this!

You should do an entire episode exploring the stuff in the barn. There’s some pretty interesting stuff in there!

Man is this the golden goose of content! All these super cool old cars!!! Kevin buy all of them, seriously.

I really want a vid just to see what you can still find in that barn. Loved the episodes. Greetings from Belgium! =)

73-80 hoods had the bending problem. 81 thru 91 had a different hinge/spring design that didn't suffer from the bending problem. And there are fixes for the 73-80 hoods to stiffen them to keep them from bending.

2:45 Convex "fisheye" mirror for wide-angle view 2:53 "Sight rod" (some models come with an illuminated tip --- or the entire rod lights up --- for added visibility in darker locales; this one probably is lighted, too, since it has that translucent orange section near the tip), for helping to judge bumper-clearance when plowing snow or performing other "tight quarters" tasks

Cannot believe how clean that truck is. Also can’t believe how much junk their is in that shed. I would be in me heaven if I was there.👍👍

I think I speak for everyone reasonably - don't cut out the ooh shiny parts of the video. I truly enjoyed seeing the random accessories and tools lying around.

Hey Kevin, longtime lurker of your channel here. To say that I am excited for the next 4 months of content would be an understatement. That barn is INSANE! But I gotta know what the situation is with all the cars. Did you or your friend buy the property? Or just the cars? Or were they given to y'all? I am so curious regarding the circumstances on how you have gained access to work on so many vehicles at once

its not unusual to see those hoods with scrap metal fastened over the "crumple" zone , Good on you for pointing it out. I will generally oil those hood hinges on any old car/truck. I am sure GM sold a lot of those hoods from rust and bending!

This is amazing Kevin! I can't wait to see the videos from this farm.

I would not be able to leave that barn until I fiddled around with everything. Lol be like a dam awesome toy store.

"The next 4 months of content" maybe a full year if you're lazy enough

This was one of the most entertaining episodes yet! I loved all the random goofiness of it all!

The wheel well covers are aftermarket, so glad you know about the hood folding,I am wondering if the 454 is a camper special.

I love those trucks personally. We had one in northern Wisconsin we'd use for deer hunting and ice fishing. They rode like a Cadillac on the highway and had an incredible heating system, I used to fall asleep riding home after a long of fishing.

Old squarebodies are amazing. And more reliable than anything made today. And personally believe more reliable than 80% of ford's. Awesome revivals man!

Kev, been a fan and subscriber of yours since well before your last deployment and I just want you to know how much I appreciate the content you put out. You've been entertaining and educating me for years now and more than anything, I'm just thankful for the content. Like others, I don't need an apology from you. The way you shoot and edit your videos definitely gives it a warm and inviting feel that more polished channels and shows simply cannot replicate. So long as you keep creating, I'll keep watching. Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you, Mook, and Coda! God bless y'all!

Kevin, Miss Mook, very sorry you two were sick. Hopefully you had a great thanksgiving anyway. That place is a honey hole!!! I hope you make four months worth of videos of that place. Love it!!! Please revive the Monte Carlo . I had that car and it was a beast. Never broke down on me. Biggest mistake I ever made getting rid of it. Never got stuck in the Jersey snow either. Couple of bags of cement in the trunk and I was good to go. Keep healing up and can’t wait till next week 👍 😁!!!

That’s the most “Clark Griswald” lookin truck I’ve ever seen 😅 Completely papaw’d out.. Fuckin love it..!

Duane Murley taking about the farm news when you turned the radio on. That goes perfect with that old farm truck.

Those Allis Chalmers tractors in that shed are awesome!

I've got a challenge for you!!! return to this barn and you have to get a car/truck to run, drive, brake and turn using only the contents of the barn and everytime you have to use your own tools or buy parts you have to take a double shot

Kevin has absorbed the squarebody mentality. Every squarebody he sees he points it out. Im the same way. 😂

Kevin/Mook @Junkyard Digs, I know you didn't do any carb work this time but keep this trick I devised years ago for the future.. Try this... Heat the plastic tube from the carb cleaner spray with a lighter (about 1/4-1/2 inch from the end. Then pull on each end of the tube to stretch it. This makes the outer/inner tube diameter smaller and more of a pin point. When the melted plastic solidifies, use small wire clippers or nail clippers to snip the tube at the smallest diameter that still provides flow when spraying. The cleaner comes out like a pin point pressure washer and the shrunken plastic tube end fits inside whatever port your spaying thru. You can also do the same to create 90 degree angles in the plastic tube to spray sideways inside long venturi tubes. I used to make/keep custom tubes around for these situations. Hope this makes sense. BTW.... Great videos. Y'all make me miss my youth. Be Well!

I had to pause the video to mop up my drool. What a cool barn! Now that 60-66 Chevy Truck in there? Man, that thing is like my dream!

The look on Mook's face when they opened the door to the custom cab was priceless. Now we know what she wants for Christmas.

Love your channel brother. Im a Iowa farmboy myself. Was wondering if maybe you could let me know of any old jd 2 cylinder tractors sitting around that you might come across in iowa. Im a serious collector and buyer of these old tractors. I love finding them with stuck motors and getting them freed up and running again. Thanks brother

Already know it's gonna be a good video, got yourself a nice GF that loves helping you and knows her sh too! And you are always a pleasant guy to watch, you are extremely intelligent and can explain even the most difficult thing easily. Not a common trait!

Mook looks so happy. She was like in heaven of cars.Anyways love all your videos. Keep up the good work .God bless u mook and the rest of the family always. Peace ✌

Would love to see some revival content on one of those several second gen Monte Carlos!

I'll be the weird one and say I want the lumina and that 89 bonneville sse. That bonneville is a little slower than the later ssei but still pretty fun. I grew up around and owned plenty of square body stuff so the old sporty gm fwd cars always interest me. I used to use type f in gm's to firm up the shifts, always worked fine for me.

Given the state of that shed, I can’t imagine what the house looks like… I feel sorry for the family who has to deal with cleaning up a hoarding situation.

And being an Iowan, I can safely say that some barns can look like something like this or it could scar you for life. It's like gambling.

Love those Square Body Chevy's Crew Cab/Reg Cab 1 Ton is my favorite trucks

Everything from the Cadillac hubcaps to the wheel skirts the the ridiculous chrome add ons just make this truck amazing. I feel like it belongs in a movie, it's like the Family Truckster of Chevy trucks.

Congrats on the find. Square body, (short bed) Chevy trucks are highly sought after in Cali. 🇺🇸

Hey Kevin, if you ever get a chance to find a international scout or scout II that would be sweet

Spectacular barn finds! Love the old Chevys… Did you happen to check out the Monte Carlo? What year/style?

Wow, thats a gold mine of dream cars. I'd stay there for a month just looking at stuff.

Your truck there has a factory AM, but also an aftermarket FM radio. It's that little white box under the dash to the right of the CB radio. And the visor with the flush mounted lights doubles the value of the truck. They don't make those anymore and were pretty rare when new too.

I honestly like how you guys got distracted with the discoveries! I find it more real and unfiltered, shows you're actually human y'know? Plus, it's fun!

I enjoy the messing around, I’d be doing the same thing. I enjoy looking through stuff to see what is there and then just having fun.

I'm not the only one who wants to see a digs episode on every vehicle in that shed right?

I Love the the old square body Chevy's, looks like this "barn" was owned by a JC Whitney fan, I think I saw every part i was drooling over in the early 80s.. great find!!

Yea ! Nice to see MOOK !

Like you Kevin, I've always been a Ford guy but you just can't beat a good old square body Chevy! No matter what brand you prefer nobody can say these weren't good trucks.

That truck just sitting there and it runs? Frickin Awesome!

Dude must have been a big rig driver ,even his trucks was decked out like one .The treasures are to freakin cool ,I'd love to be the one to own everything and get to explore.!!

Gotta love the accessories and mods. Must have been JC Whitney’s best customer back in the day.

This is by far, one of your most FUN videos !!

38:11 that is a beautiful rig. keep her alive. just TLC and a good home.

FM mod Adapter on the drinker, side by the knees. Tune to find the null point in the AM Radio dial glass and turn on the FM adapter, rotating the AM tuning knob till you find the FM signal, then pick your FM station with the modulator. That AM radio is 99% probably slug tuned, and will have 4-5 mechanical memory presets. Pull the button all the way to the out position, then select the station on the AM radio dial, then push button all the way in. Nice truck with a few things removed. Small Block Custom Deluxe 10, with built in chassis corrosion protection, via the small block. If it was a Camper Special you'd have it all, well than the Turbo 400, AC, tow package etc. Still these are getting rarer than Hens teeth not all clapped out. Glad to see you got this one rolling again. Did you ever tell us what year it was? Did I miss it... between '77-'79 maybe? I had a '79, Step-Side, Tuxedo Black outside, Carmen Red interior, Cheyenne Super 10, 4wd with a 305/350, factory tinted glass, rear slider and AC. Gutless in speed but fun as a 4x4 truck, especially in snow. 33's fit like they came on it..

I love that truck, that truck is in amazing condition for its age. And the driveline is still running great. Big 👍

I could watch JUST the junk searches and be happy.

Man the sponsored ad really nailed me in the feels. I used to love Gary Paulsen’s book the car.

Love them old Chevy square bodies, but damn I’ll never understand fender skirts on a pickup. Years ago I bought a 79 3/4 ton Chevy that had em and they were the first things I ripped off that rig. Awesome find, can’t wait to see more

Love that old box caprice in there That is a beautiful square body minus the fender skirts and Cadillac hub caps